A Little Night Music is a great musical. In Act II Desiree looks back ruefully on her folly, and in particular her throwing up a chance at happiness with Frederick. She tries to get him back, he being in an unhappy marriage, but he declines. Eventually of course, they get together after the ungrateful wench to whom Fred is married runs off with his son.
Its not hard to take parallels with the Greek situation. Rueful musing on the folly of throwing over the Drachma, desperate attempts to make a bad situation work, a crisis, and …. well, lets see
In the meantime, some lyrics, which Yanis may have been humming last night. Tune in later for a performance from Frances Coppola, to match My Favourite Greek Things
The Germans give nicht
Grexit looms quick
Drachmas at last on the ground
The euro will tear
Please send back the clowns
The union’s adrift
An Ordoliberal split
Podemos is gain-ing ground
But the center wont move
Why are there clowns?
Please, send back the clowns
Let them stuff Tbills
in banks
Extend a loan, defer, then theyre yours
Another long meeting again and wit is quite spare
Few there are kind
Sense is not there
Don’t you love farce?
Who’s fault? Its clear
We all colluded and winked
Now Greeks they pay dear
The Eurogroup clowns
Oh, those scary clowns
Oh, bother, there here
The center is rich
Peripherys blitzed
It isn’t a union you know,
Common currency its clear
And designed by clowns
Its run now by clowns
Well shielded its clear
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